Bombs were placed outside the homes of several Greek journalists last Friday (11 January), reports the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO).

The small home-made devices exploded in front of the homes of five Athens-based journalists - Antonis Liaros, George Oikonomeas, Antonis Skyllakos, Petros Karsiotis and Chris Konstas.

An anarchist group called "Lovers of Lawlessness" said the attacks were protests against the supposedly government-friendly way in which the five have reported the country's financial crisis.

"This is a new, worrying escalation of violence against media and journalists in Greece," said SEEMO's secretary general Oliver Vujovic. "SEEMO is alarmed at the number of violent cases and different forms of pressure directed at journalists in Greece over the past 12 months."